Songs that are "simply beautiful"

lukin · Post by **lukin** » 12/16/2003, 7:05 pm

Rufus Wainwright wrote:
The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight

I just downloaded that song...great suggestion.

Bananababy · Post by **Bananababy** » 12/17/2003, 4:59 pm

lukin wrote: Ben Folds Five- Mess

Tattooed Angels · Post by **Tattooed Angels** » 12/17/2003, 6:07 pm

there are many songs, but I would have to say

ONE by U2 would be probably the number 1 song for me.

starvingeyes · Post by **starvingeyes** » 12/18/2003, 12:22 am

a. the postal service is fucking awesome. ben gibbard is my semi-idol.

b. songs:

i. third eye blind - motorcycle drive by. the most "beautiful" song ever recorded. i would highly recommend that you download this even you harbour some highly irrational hipster driven animosity to what is easily the greatest band of our generation (thanks to gravity, that is.)

i.(a) jeff buckley - hallelujah. a very close second.

ii. others

the gloria record - misere (spelling may be incorrect.)
the gloria record - good morning providence
the gloria record - salvation army
the glorai record - start here

collorary: all of TGR's debut album "start here" is more or less beautiful. a good buy, especially for your emo kids.

mineral - gloria
mineral - &serenade
something corporate - down
badly drawn boy - the shining
david usher - st. lawrence river
wilco - poor places
jim o'rourke - eureka
pete yorn - just another
jeff buckley - everybody here wants you

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 11/10/2005, 8:31 pm

i just found this thread. so i'm posting in it.

some of my picks (excluding olp)

- anything jeff buckley (but ESPECIALLY grace :drool)
- ben folds five - selfless, cold, and composed
- chantal kreviazuk - wayne
- i mother earth - passenger

:drool::drool:
- wilco - radio cure, ashes of american flags, i am trying to break your heart
- mgb - running for home, suburbia, strange days, song for the girl, avalanche
- radiohead - kid a, national anthem, exit music (for a film), talk show host

- neil young - needle and the damage done, old man
- nirvana - pennyroyal tea, the man who sold the world
- oasis - champagne supernova
- sarah slean - me and jerome, eliot
- sloan - coax me
- stars - look up
- arcade fire - in the backseat

:drool::drool:
- the decemberists - from my own true love (lost at sea)
- u2 - running to stand still, with or without you

pheww.

naseoj · Post by **naseoj** » 11/10/2005, 8:36 pm

Arcade Fire - Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels)

Crazy good.

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 11/10/2005, 8:44 pm

Matthew Good Band - Running For Home

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 11/10/2005, 9:43 pm

:O

sarah slean - blue parade

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 11/10/2005, 9:52 pm

Also, could this thread BE any older? haha

pit_girl1 · Post by **pit_girl1** » 11/10/2005, 9:57 pm

The Something Corporate love in this thread makes me happy. Here're some of my favorite beautiful songs (I won't bother to put Konstantine or songs by other bands that have already been mentioned 8 billion times):

Tori Amos: Winter, Silent All These Years, Jackie's Strength, Pretty Good Year, Sleeps with Butterflies
Smashing Pumpkins: Disarm, To Shiela
Jimmy Eat World: For Me This Is Heaven, Hear You Me, 23
Mae: The Ocean, Anything, The Sun and the Moon
Jack's Mannequin: Rescued, Dark Blue, Bruised, Kill the Messenger (pretty much the whole cd though)

I'm surprised no one had mentioned Tori yet. When I think of simply beautiful songs, Winter is the very first thing I think of.

Nimoy · Post by **Nimoy** » 11/10/2005, 11:40 pm

Clearly "Vidrar Vel Til Loftarasa" by Sigur Ros is the most heartbreakingly beautiful song ever.

neoncrossing · Post by **neoncrossing** » 11/10/2005, 11:50 pm

well....here's what comes to mind now

Down On The Corner - Creedence Clearwater Revival.....its just such a simple yet fun song that you cant help but bop your head to it

Gunnin' - Hedley......another simple but wonderful piece of music

Never Tear Us Apart - INXS....one of my all time favourites

Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie.....love this one

Lightning Crashes - Live.....probably one of the best songs ever written

and of course i must have some OLP content...what better song to pick than.....
THIEF - simply amazing lyrically and melodically....incredible

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 11/11/2005, 6:27 am

CCR? Beautiful?

I like CCR, but I wouldn't call any of their songs "simply beautiful".

I really don't think anything could even begin to touch the beautiful-ness of Jeff Buckley's cover of "Hallelujah". That's not even my favorite Buckley, but it's just haunting in such a painfully beautiful way.

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 11/11/2005, 6:56 am

^um yeah agreed!

on both counts

tasha · Post by **tasha** » 11/12/2005, 12:57 am

neoncrossing wrote: Gunnin' - Hedley......another simple but wonderful piece of music

i ♥ you.

but i must ask, are you talking about the old version?[/u]

bd007h · Post by **bd007h** » 11/12/2005, 3:11 am

The Verve Pipe - The Freshman
Marcy Playground - Death of A Cheerleader
Treble Charger - Red
Third Eye Blind - Deep Inside Of You
Eve 6 - Girlfriend
Bush - Glycerine
Weezer - Butterfly
Green Day - Macy's Day Parade
Avenged Sevenfold - Warmness On The Soul
Sum 41 - Pieces
The Offspring - Denial, Revisited

neoncrossing · Post by **neoncrossing** » 11/12/2005, 9:58 am

tasha wrote:
neoncrossing wrote: Gunnin' - Hedley......another simple but wonderful piece of music
i ♥ you.

but i must ask, are you talking about the old version?[/u]

well both versions really...i fell in love with the old one, but i really like the new one too once i got used to it

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 11/12/2005, 10:02 am

Azure Ray - Safe and Sound

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 11/13/2005, 2:07 pm

pavement - here

pit_girl1 · Post by **pit_girl1** » 11/13/2005, 2:28 pm

Tori Amos - Putting the Damage On

This song is glorious. And Nikki, after your post, I downloaded the Jeff Buckley Hallelujah, and it is indeed

-ful